I like this post, especially as I’m more prone to do many things myself, and this gives me a model for evaluating whether it makes sense that doesn’t condemn doing anything yourself.
The checklist looks especially useful.
In other words, some portion of every mass-market product you buy is paying for potential lawsuits that result from that product. This is generally a good thing and a reason to outsource, as you’ll be in much better shape financially if your house gets burnt down by a malfunctioning toaster than by your hand-sculpted wood-burning oven. But that also means that, even if your house is fireproof, you’re still paying for the risk because someone else’s isn’t. If you buy a chair, you’re paying for the potential injuries because someone else assembled it incorrectly. In general, if you think you’ll be better informed or more careful than the average consumer, then you are losing out.
This misses out that maybe you actually want to help people that will need to sue, even if it’s not you. When the additional cost is not enormous, that seems completely reasonable to me (and is underlying pretty important social institutions like universal healthcare in France where I live).
I like this post, especially as I’m more prone to do many things myself, and this gives me a model for evaluating whether it makes sense that doesn’t condemn doing anything yourself.
The checklist looks especially useful.
This misses out that maybe you actually want to help people that will need to sue, even if it’s not you. When the additional cost is not enormous, that seems completely reasonable to me (and is underlying pretty important social institutions like universal healthcare in France where I live).